Definitions for inductionɪnˈdʌk ʃən

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word induction.

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

initiation, induction, installation(noun)

a formal entry into an organization or position or office

"his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

induction, inductance(noun)

an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning(noun)

reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

evocation, induction, elicitation(noun)

stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

"the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"

induction(noun)

the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)

"the induction of an anesthetic state"

trigger, induction, initiation(noun)

an act that sets in motion some course of events

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

induction(Noun)

the act of inducting

induction(Noun)

a formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service

induction

the generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field

induction

the derivation of general principles from specific instances

induction

A general proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific integer (for example) and showing that, if it is true for one integer then it must be true for the next.

induction

The use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.

induction

In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.

induction

an introduction

induction(Noun)

the act of inducing childbirth

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Induction(noun)

the act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement

Induction(noun)

an introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue

Induction(noun)

the act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached

Induction(noun)

the introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities

Induction(noun)

a process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction

Induction(noun)

the property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Induction

the name given to the logical process by which from a study of particular instances we arrive at a general principle or law. The term is also applied to an electric or magnetic effect produced without direct contact and equal to the cause, being essentially its reproduction.